The Other Side of Heaven

Name: The Other Side of Heaven
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Released: April 12, 2002
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Christopher Gorham

2002

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews

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Walt Disney Home Video | Release Date: April 12, 2002 | PG

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Christopher Gorham

Summary: This romantic coming of age story is based on the memoirs of John H. Groberg, who served as a missionary in the remote Tongan Islands in the 1950's. (Excel Entertainment Group)

Director: Mitch Davis

Genre(s): Adventure, Biography, Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 113 min

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Carrie Rickey

It is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

A tad preachy and more than a little bit sanctimonious. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Easier to sit through than the typical, earnest Christian movie. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

The film looks great and makes sophisticated use of digital effects. Read full review

Jan Stuart

The whole trippy experience is like being held at gunpoint by a Jehovah's Witness at the front door while George Gobel holds forth in the living room on Nickelodeon. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Movies don't get much more wholesome and earnest than The Other Side Of Heaven, a handsomely mounted but empty-headed drama that attempts to do for fresh-faced Mormon missionaries what Top Gun did for cocky fighter pilots. Read full review

Stephen Holden

What sets this syrupy swatch of kitsch apart from other films peddling a dogmatic religious agenda is the serious money that obviously went into it. Read full review

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angeleyes

Dec 30, 2013

Wonderful movie that I stumbled on by accident. Well put together, well acted. I often find that some of the best movies are true (or based on true) stories such as this one.

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TimothyS.

Apr 24, 2006

I thought this movie was more than preaching about LDS (mormon) view points; is a good old fashion movie about faith, hope and love and I think its to bad that the anti-mormon/christian media cannot accept a wholesom movie that is lacking in sex, violence and profanity.